WHEN OVER 100,000 RUNESCAPE PLAYERS WANTED A WHOLE NEW ARCHIPELAGO OF UNDISCOVERED ISLANDS TO EXPLORE, THE GAME’S DESIGNERS GAVE THEM MILLIONS. CLAIM YOUR OWN ISLAND NOW!
Discover the Eastern Lands – a vast new area with millions of procedurally-generated islands in uncharted seas – that player power brought into existence.
The power RuneScape gives its players to decide on key content that will shape its future has resulted in the creation of an entirely new continent – the Eastern Lands. Forming a vast archipelago of exotic islands sprawling across undiscovered seas, gamers can see the treasures of the Eastern Lands in the Gamescom-premiered trailer.
In this new land and seascape, players set sail on uncharted seas, where millions of procedurally-generated isles expand the Polynesian-inspired archipelago. Adventurous players can lay claim to an isle and make it their own – as long as the treacherous seas don’t claim their lives first.
The addition of the Eastern Lands was a key player-driven content decision; voted on by over 100,000 RuneScape players. Every year, RuneScape players are given the power to decide which content concepts are taken forward and realised in-game. The decisions made by the player collective can see characters die and geography reshaped as player-driven consequences alter RuneScape’s future.
“RuneScape’s world of adventures never stands still and, 15 years on, RuneScape continues to deliver cutting-edge content thanks to our awesome community who we empower to decide on key new content to bring to the game,” explained Dave Osborne, lead designer, RuneScape.
“This year, our players have driven our biggest content update, the first steps towards an entirely new continent – the Polynesian-inspired Eastern Lands. Its release marks a new chapter in RuneScape’s epic story, and we couldn’t have got here without their support, feedback and passion.”
The islands of Whale’s Maw, Waiko and Aminishi, the first islands on the western edge of the new continent, are now discoverable. On these islands, the indigenous people have never heard of the player’s adventures, so gamers will have to start afresh, building back up their wealth and notoriety –even long-term players will be on a level playing field with newcomers! More and more islands along the Eastern Lands archipelago will be discovered as the continent continues to expand.
About Jagex
Established in 2001, Jagex Games Studio today stands as the UK’s largest independent game developer and publisher and is the home of the flagship online adventure game, RuneScape. Celebrating its 15th Year anniversary in 2016, RuneScape has welcomed over 245 million players to its world and more than two million of them play every month, while millions more watch avidly through social channels. In addition to RuneScape, Jagex is developing new RuneScape-branded games as it enters additional genres, including Chronicle: RuneScape Legends, an adventure strategy card game, and RuneScape: Idle Adventures created in partnership with Hyper Hippo, the developers of cult hit Adventure Capitalist. Jagex employs over 320 people at its Cambridge headquarters. Career information can be found at www.jagex.com
About RuneScape
Step into a medieval fantasy world that’s packed with epic adventures, fascinating characters and a passionate community that helps to mould the game itself. Unashamedly British in humour, RuneScape embraces an unconventional world where you’re free to play and explore the way you want to. An MMO unlike any other – become the hero you were born to be at www.runescape.com.
